Sumi-e Brush Painting

Painted By Architect John A.
Salat

In
Sumi-e
painting the white background is the abyss, dominating
empty space. This open area magically captures the
primary object to unfolding into a story on open canvas.

Sumi-e
art
transform
a fluid dance of transcending ethereal qualities of
ever-changing form. The observer submerge and vanish
behind the hidden vignettes from the heart of the paper.
Formations may be sublime and suggestive yet the very
essence of simplicity extracts it as real.

The
paper
may be the superficial skin of the painting, yet the
real medium starts from the artist's energy. Flowing to
the fingers down where the brush is held, finally
reaching the paper as it ignites to shed life. When you
paint nature, be the nature you paint, like the flower
or the bird so your energy is fused by subjects energy
as your energy paints it.

As
mysterious
and subtle, the ethereal quality such of clouds, mist,
vapours, and breath partake the light impression of Yin
while the stronger strokes of rocks, trees or ground act
the leading row of Yang. These energetic Yin/Yang
qualities stirs the bridge of two worlds in harmonic
balance.